A man was was crushed against a fence by a vehicle that went out of control and jumped the curb near Journal Square last night, Jersey City police said this morning.

Roman said fire officials were called to School 31 at St. Pauls Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard at 10:45 p.m. and found a two-car crash and the pedestrian pinned against the fence, reports said.

Firefighters extricated one driver from his vehicle and freed the man on the fence, Jersey City Fire Director Armando Roman said.

A total of five people were rushed to the Jersey City Medical Center, but the man pinned against the fence did not survive, police reports said.

According to reports said two men, brothers, were driving in separate cars in the northbound lanes of Kennedy Boulevard when the driver in left lane lost control, went into southbound lanes and struck a vehicle.

Reports said the driver in the right lane lost control of his car, crossed into the southbound lanes and struck two pedestrians. The man who was killed was struck with such force that he was thrown in the air and into the side of the school building, reports said.

He then fell to the ground and was impaled on a fence outside the school.

Police reports said two men, brothers, were driving in separate cars south on Kennedy Boulevard when the driver in left lane lost control, went into northbound lanes and struck a vehicle.

The reports said the driver in the right lane lost control of his car and struck two pedestrians who were walking in front of the school. The man who was killed was struck with such force that he was thrown in the air and into the side of the school building, reports said, dislodging a drain pipe from the building.

Jersey City Police Director Samuel Jefferson is asking that any witnesses or anyone with information of the incident to call the police department at (201) 547-JAIL.